B4356 - Eating Disorders Delineating illness and recovery trajectories to inform personalised prevention and early intervention - 20/06/2023
B number:
B4356
Principal applicant name:
Nora Trompeter | University College London
Co-applicants:
Dr Nadia Micali
Title of project:
Eating Disorders: Delineating illness and recovery trajectories to inform personalised prevention and early intervention
Proposal summary:
Eating disorders are serious psychiatric conditions that often start in adolescence. Prevalence and burden of eating disorders are rising, they are developing at earlier ages and hospital admissions rising sharply. Currently, there is a lack in our understanding of how sociocultural factors (e.g., food insecurity, racial discrimination) interact with psychobiological factors (e.g., gender) and comorbidities (e.g., depression). This information is vital for informing prevention and early intervention methods for eating disorders in adolescents.
Impact of research:
Results from this study, together with similar research in other cohort studies, will provide comprehensive information on how eating disorders develop in adolescence and what social and psychobiological factors impact this development. This information will feed directly into the development and improvement of early intervention programs for eating disorders, which are part of the same grant (i.e., the EDIFY project).
Date proposal received:
Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
Date proposal approved:
Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
Keywords:
Mental health - Psychology, Psychiatry, Cognition, Eating disorders - anorexia, bulimia, Mental health, Statistical methods, BMI, Childhood - childcare, childhood adversity, Development, Puberty, Sex differences